Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk

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The 16th Duke of Norfolk
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Ex officio as Earl Marshal
11 November 1999 – 24 June 2002
Succeeded byThe 18th Duke of Norfolk
Personal details
Born
Hon. Miles Francis Fitzalan-Howard

(1915-07-21)21 July 1915
49 Eaton Place, London, England
Died24 June 2002(2002-06-24) (aged 86)
Bacres House, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England
Resting placeFitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
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​
(m. 1949)​
Children5, including:
Parents
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

DL (21 July 1915 – 24 June 2002), known between 1971 and 1972 as the Lord Beaumont and until 1975 as the Lord Beaumont and Howard of Glossop, was a British Army general and peer. He was the eldest son of Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, and his wife Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont
.

Besides inheriting the lordships from his father and mother, in 1975, he inherited the

Dukedom of Norfolk from his second cousin once removed, making him the premier duke in the Peerage of England
.

Military career

Educated at

captain on 30 January 1944.[5]

In April 1944, as a temporary major during the

Second World War, he was awarded the Military Cross for reconnaissance of mined roads.[6] He was at the time on foot and under enemy fire. He was quoted in his obituary in The Independent as saying: "Anyone can be the Duke of Norfolk, but I'm rather proud of that medal."[7]

Fitzalan-Howard was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 30 January 1949.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Military Division, in the 1960 New Year Honours.[11]

In 1961, he was appointed Commander of the 70th Brigade (

General Officer Commanding 1st Division on 5 November, with the rank of temporary major general.[14] He was confirmed in the substantive rank of major-general in February 1964, retroactive to 5 November and with seniority from 10 April 1963.[15]

After relinquishing his command on 5 November 1965, he became Director of Management and Support Intelligence at the

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours,[17] he was appointed Director of Service Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence on 29 July.[18] He relinquished this appointment on 18 September of the following year and retired the same day, after 31 years of service.[19]

Baronies of Beaumont and Howard of Glossop

The Duke inherited the Barony of Beaumont from his mother, the 11th Baroness, in 1971,[1] and the Barony Howard of Glossop from his father, the 3rd Baron, in 1972.[1]

Dukedom of Norfolk

When he was Lord Beaumont he inherited the

Court of Chivalry and head of the College of Arms, responsible for heraldry in England and Wales as well as other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations
such as Australia and New Zealand.

He cancelled a plan to give Arundel Castle to the National Trust, instead creating an independent charitable trust to maintain the castle.[1]

The Dukes of Norfolk remained

The Queen at the installations of Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II and at the funeral of Pope John Paul I.[1] The 17th Duke was the patron of many Catholic charities and benevolent organisations, including the Catholic Building Society
.

Personal life

One of eight children (all of whose first names started with the letter "M"), the Duke married Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell in 1949. They had two sons and three daughters:[1]

The Duke lived in the parish of

Lord Bramall representing the Duke of Edinburgh.[21]

Catholicism

He was Catholic but disagreed with the Church's view on birth control at a conference of Catholic teachers, "How can you ask a married couple to do it by thermometers and what not?", he asked, "My wife and I did that – it didn't bloody work. Has everybody got to have eight children like my mother?"[22]

Honours and awards

Domestic
  • Royal Victorian Chain (2000)
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter
    (1983)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    (1986)
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath
    (1966)
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
    (1960)
  • Military Cross
  • Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex
Foreign
  •  
    Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX
  •  
    Grand Cross pro merito Melitensi

Family

Ancestry

Family tree

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary: The Duke of Norfolk The Daily Telegraph, 26 June 2002
  2. ^ "No. 34301". The London Gazette. 3 July 1936. p. 4230.
  3. ^ "No. 34430". The London Gazette. 27 August 1937. p. 5441.
  4. ^ "No. 34594". The London Gazette. 31 January 1939. p. 681.
  5. ^ "No. 36353". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1944. p. 570.
  6. ^ "No. 36456". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 April 1944. p. 1587.
  7. ^ Obituary: The Duke of Norfolk The Independent, 26 June 2002 [dead link]
  8. ^ "No. 38526". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1949. p. 564.
  9. ^ "No. 40479". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 May 1955. p. 2867.
  10. ^ "No. 41550". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 November 1958. p. 7046.
  11. ^ "No. 41909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1960. p. 6.
  12. ^ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  13. ^ "No. 42959". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 1963. p. 3025.
  14. ^ "No. 43149". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1963. p. 9043.
  15. ^ "No. 43241". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 1964. p. 1257.
  16. ^ "No. 43875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1966. p. 655.
  17. ^ "No. 44004". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1966. p. 6531.
  18. ^ "No. 44066". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 July 1966. p. 8501.
  19. ^ "No. 44410". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 September 1967. p. 10207.
  20. ^ "Tessa Balfour is many things". New York Social Diary.
  21. ^ "Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk". Rootsweb.
  22. TheGuardian.com
    . 26 June 2002.

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Military offices
Preceded by
General Officer Commanding 1st Division

1963–1965 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Earl Marshal
1975–2002 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Norfolk
1975–2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron Beaumont
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Howard of Glossop
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